# Dog identification question (model related)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 17, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522 "2017-09-17T04:32:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/41 "2017-09-21T01:08:58Z")

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> [@Rocketeer](#):
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> I suspect that you’d go through a lot of light bulbs trying to cut the base off neatly. Also, the (head + hair) is larger than the opening at the base of the bulb would be.
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> That’s not to say you couldn’t use ship-in-a-bottle techniques to assemble the head inside the globe–but it’d be pretty finicky work 🙂
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> I have done something similar already. Moebius put out a lovely resin model of the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz, looking into her crystal ball. Unfortunately, the ball, which is the centerpiece of the composition, is molded in two halves.
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> So I commissioned a local glass shop to [blow me a globe](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4335/37211952221_4954fe7662_k.jpg). I cut the insert of Dorothy et al into [three parts](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4381/37211952521_bf7088ddc9_z.jpg), which I was able to slip into the globe and gently jiggle [back into alignment](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4339/37211952801_cba22ce829_k.jpg).
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> Of course, once the technical problem was solved, I immediately lost interest :rolleyes:, and the model is sitting in its box on a shelf in the Room O’ Doom.

Nice job on Dorothy, et al. Nifty story and technique.

“Hello, Local Glass Shop? Blow me a globe!” “Yes, sir, right away!” 🙂

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/42 "2017-09-21T03:22:50Z")

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Lol

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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-identification-question-model-related/796522/43 "2017-09-21T06:07:55Z")

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> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
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> He reminds me of [Snowy](http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2012/5/snowy.jpg) from Tintin.

You mean this?

> **[Snowy astronaut | BOUTIQUE.TINTIN.COM Tintin Boutique](https://boutique.tintin.com/en/1678-snowy-astronaut)**
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> This resin figurine of Snowy wearing a doggy astronaut\\\\\\'s space suit is part of a series of beautiful statuettes, designed and manufactured with a keen atten...

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